Ebola death toll rises to 18 in Uganda as President calls for calm

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Yoweri Museveni called on people to avoid kissing, shaking hands and having sexGodfrey Olukya/AP

Tabu Butagira, Kampala

Published at 6:41PM, August 1 2012

At least 18 people have been killed by Ebola in Uganda, four days after the
Government and World Health Organisation confirmed an outbreak of the
haemorrhagic fever in the tiny East African country. The death toll rose
after two people died today.

Confirmed and suspected Ebola cases are being managed at an Isolation centre
at Kagadi Hospital in the mid-western Kibale district, close to areas of oil
exploration.

Forty people, including seven doctors, who are believed to have been in
physical contact with the Ebola victims before laboratory tests confirmed
the disease are in quarantine and under medical observation.